Finding Aid for
RECORDS MOVED TO ENGINEERING LABORATORY IN 1919 SERIES, 1911-1928 AND NON-AUTOMOTIVE INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES RECORDS SERIES, 1916-1929
Accession 62
Finding Aid Published: December 2013
Electronic conversion of this finding aid was funded by a grant from the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us
Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Boulevard ∙ Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 USA [email protected] ∙ www.thehenryford.org
Henry Ford Office records Highland Park Office records subgroup Records Moved to Engineering Laboratory in 1919 series and Personal Topics subject file subgroup Non-automotive Interests and Activities records series Accession 62
OVERVIEW
REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org [email protected]
ACCESSION NUMBER: 62
CREATOR: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
TITLE: Records moved to engineering laboratory in 1919 series Non-automotive interests and activities records series
INCLUSIVE DATES: 1911-1929
QUANTITY: 48.8 cubic ft.
LANGUAGE: The materials are in English.
ABSTRACT: Accession 62 spans multiple series and contains records concerning the non-business interests of Henry Ford. The Records Moved to the Engineering Laboratory in 1919 series consists of general correspondence from the Office of Henry Ford about his personal interests and the Non- automotive Interests and Activities records series focuses on Ford’s run for president and his land in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The series is open for research.
COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been transferred to The Henry Ford by the donor. Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s).
ACQUISITION: Ford Motor Company Archives donation, 1964
RELATED MATERIAL: Related material held by The Henry Ford: - Part of the Highland Park Office records subgroup, which includes: - Records stored in 1919 series, Accession 2 - Part of the Personal topics subject file subgroup, which includes: - General personal records series, Accession 23 - Frank Campsall records series, Accessions 291 and 292 - Water Power and Real Estate records series, Accessions 288 and 289 - Ford Aviation Activities records subseries, Accession 413 (within the Non-automotive interests and activities records series)
PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession 62, Records moved to engineering laboratory in 1919 series or Non-automotive interests and activities records series, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford
PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, May 1952
DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Original collection inventory list prepared by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, May 1952
Finding aid prepared by Elyssa Bisoski, March 2012, and published in March 2012.
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines.
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HISTORICAL NOTE
Non-automotive Interests and Activities records series As a result of the universal acceptance of the Model T and the national publicity resulting from the 1914 announcement of the five-dollar day, Henry Ford became extremely wealthy and a constant presence in the press, increasing public interest in his activities. From this time on and especially after his resignation from the presidency of Ford Motor Company in 1919, Henry Ford's attention turned increasingly to his numerous interests in diverse fields such as aviation, politics, hydroelectric power, industrial decentralization, industrial agriculture, education and public history.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Records Moved to Engineering Laboratory in 1919 series consists of correspondence from the Office of Henry Ford primarily concerning items of personal interest to Henry Ford rather than the Ford Motor Company. The series consists of three subseries: the Subject and Name File (wooden cabinet) subseries, 1912-1927 (14.4 cubic ft.); the Subject and Name File subseries, 1911-1918 (15.6 cubic ft.); and the Subject and Name File subseries, 1919 (15.6 cubic ft.). The naming of the subseries and to some extent the series reflects the original physical location and the original filing system, there being great similarity in type of material. All three subseries consist of correspondence arranged alphabetically by name or subject and then by rough chronological order.
Within the series, the diverse interests and activities of Henry Ford are represented by the correspondence conducted between his secretaries and Ford's agents, associates, branch managers, creditors, and others. Most of the correspondence in the series was generated or maintained by assistant secretary G. S. Anderson and secretaries Ernest G. Liebold and Frank Campsall, with additional material by and about Gaston Plantiff, a branch manager and agent in charge of Peace Ship arrangements. The Chicago Tribune trial files include clippings and legal correspondence. Branch correspondence largely concerns personnel matters, as well as sales and marketing, distribution of Ford-sponsored publications such as the Dearborn Independent and Henry's antismoking pamphlets, and personal communications with branch managers. Branches are listed by city or country and may refer to Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford and Son, or to Village Industries. Manchester branch correspondence includes communications with Sir Percival Perry. Mexico files concern language instruction, technical training, and employment of Mexican workers for Henry Ford and Son. San Francisco correspondence includes arrangements for Henry and Edsel's visits to the 1915 World's Fair Exposition. Ford Motor Company of Canada correspondence is also present.
Henry Ford Hospital files include safety, health, and other reports. Numerous Henry Ford Estate files, 1913-1918, cover construction, landscaping, decorating, and maintenance of Fair Lane and its outbuildings and also acquisition of the Fort Myers, Fla., residence "The Mangoes."
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Shipbuilding proposals and Shipyard investigations files are made up of prospectuses of sites from companies and municipalities across the nation seeking Ford to build his submarine chasers there and Ford's investigations and ratings of various shipbuilding companies in terms of labor issues and efficiency, particularly on the West Coast. In addition, throughout the collection are found numerous files having to do with the development of the "Eagle Boat" naval patrol boat or submarine chaser, including a small number of blueprints. Similar proposals also exist for other (automotive) factory sites, including abandoned sites, undeveloped land, and timber properties. Senate files, relating to Henry Ford's 1918 senatorial campaign, are made up of campaign correspondence, campaign literature, and reports including a private investigation of the Senate election. Files for the boys' orphanage, Valley Farm, Inc., consist of financial correspondence, 1911-1917, and corporate records and reports. Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Company files pertain mainly to construction of the Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Company and include plans and specifications. Water Power files pertain to sites under consideration for establishment of hydroelectric power plants, organized alphabetically by city, state, or country (Canada). Other Water Power files are more general in nature, concerning water power and its efficacy. Also present are separate files on individual Village Industries sites such as Nankin Mill and Tecumseh, Mich. Henry Ford and Son files include dealer correspondence, tractor insurance and financing, shipping information, and tax information. Henry Ford and Son and Henry Ford and Son, Ltd., of Cork, Ireland files are also present.
Topics centering on World War I can be found throughout the collection and pertain to the Liberty Loan program, the War Trade Board, Liberty engines, tanks, Naval Patrol boats, and miscellaneous war reports. The file War letters, 1917-1918, is made up of letters written in support of Henry Ford's involvement in the war effort, mostly from Ford Motor Company employees enlisted in the military, including a letter from African-American sergeant Robert Greer with a photograph of him and members of his company stationed in France.
Additionally, there are files labeled as Ford Family and various personal files for Henry, Edsel, and Clara Ford. However, most of these files do not pertain to private matters, but rather some aspect of their business lives--primarily Henry Ford and Son and Fordson tractors for Henry and Edsel, as well as some Ford Motor Company business for Edsel. Clara Ford personal files touch somewhat more directly on her personal life, dealing with gowns and other items purchased on her behalf. Also included are a miscellany of genealogical information, Fordson Village incorporation documents, and various pieces of personal and business correspondence. Other topics or correspondents include materials relating to the renaming of the locality of Springwells as Fordson; ukulele band the Ford Hawaiian Quintet and its leader Henry Kailimai; the commission of a statue of John Burroughs to sculptor C. S. Pietro; the Sialia and Sialia II yachts, including personnel, payroll, and expenses, as well as an original blueprint for the outboard profile of the Sialia; Dearborn Water Works, including its acquisition and improvements made, and the filtration plant; Peace Ship, with a named file and other scattered references, including negotiations with Ford agents and other companies and individuals involved in planning the expedition; Oughtrighton Hall, a home for Belgian refugees owned by Ford; real estate, including maps and a listing of properties owned by Henry Ford, 1917-1919; Dearborn Realty &
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Construction Company files, views on liquor, Prohibition, and problems of alcoholism among workers, 1914-1915; and the landmark Profit-sharing plan, 1914-1915.
Scattered throughout the collection under various headings include donations requested and made to charitable organizations, club memberships and solicitations and memberships, legal counsel, insurance, banking, including the Lucking, Helfman, Lucking and Hanlon files, which deal with the change of residence by the Fords from Detroit to Dearborn; Ford Motor Company business, including foreign branch operations, dealers, finance, personal, and the Sociological Department; and various reports on safety, personnel, production, and welfare investigations other Henry Ford business concerns. More general alphabetical correspondence consists primarily of complaints, praise, invitations to events, unsolicited patents or inventions, requests (charitable contributions, speaking engagements, etc.), and gifts. A set of files marked "J" in the 1919 section of the Subject and name files subseries consists mainly of correspondence from Ford dealers and the public regarding Ford's and Liebold's views on Jews, including both support and criticism of their anti-Semitism, as well as correspondence with Ford dealers regarding the publication and distribution of the Dearborn Independent. A small number of photographs depict Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Henry Ford Hospital building and staff, other buildings, and Liberty engines.
The Non-automotive Interests and Activities series consists of three subseries, two of which are a part of Accession 62. The Ford for President records subseries, 1916 and 1923 (1.6 cubic ft.), includes correspondence from the general public primarily in support of Ford running for President of the United States. The correspondence for 1916 has no particular arrangement. The correspondence from 1923 is arranged by last name of the correspondent. The Muscle Shoals records subseries, 1921-1929 (1.6 cubic ft.), includes correspondence and related material for Henry Ford's proposed purchase and lease of the government properties at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, part of the Tennessee Valley river system, for the purpose of providing hydroelectric power and producing nitrate fertilizer. Much of the correspondence is from J. W. Worthington, Vice President of the Tennessee River Improvement Association, who worked with Ford and his secretary E. G. Liebold to pass Ford's offer through Congress. The attempts failed and Ford never took control of the property, which eventually became what is now part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. There is also a small amount of correspondence with John W. Weeks, then Secretary of War. The collection is arranged by subject, name of correspondent or by year.
Also included in the Non-automotive interests and activities series is the Ford Aviation activities records subseries, 1925-1931 (2 cubic ft.), which is in Accession 413 and can be found in a separate finding aid.
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ARRANGEMENT
Highland Park Office records subgroup - Records Moved to Engineering Laboratory in 1919 series (Accession 62) - Subject and Name File (wooden cabinet) subseries, 1912-1927 (14.4 cubic ft.) - Subject and Name File subseries, 1911-1918 (15.6 cubic ft.) - Subject and Name File subseries, 1919 (15.6 cubic ft.) - Records Stored in 1919 series, 1902-1923 (*Accession 2)
Personal topics subject file subgroup - Non-automotive interests and activities records series - Muscle Shoals records subseries, 1921-1929, 1.6 cubic ft. (Accession 62) - Ford for President records subseries, 1916 and 1923, 1.6 cubic ft. (Accession 62) - Ford aviation activities records subseries, 1925-1931, 2 cubic ft. (*Accession 413)
* Separate finding aid
SUBJECT TERMS
Names, Personal and Corporate Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Anderson, Gary S. Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Employees Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts Greer, Robert L. Leibold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956 Plantiff, Gaston, 1874-1934 Dearborn Publishing Company Ford Village Industries Dearborn Realty and Construction Company Ford Hawaiians Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company--Employees Ford Motor Company--Executives Ford Motor Company--Finance Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford Ford Motor Company--Trials, litigation, etc.
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Names, Personal and Corporate continued Ford Motor Company--Presidents Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Company Henry Ford & Son, Inc. Henry Ford & Son, Ltd. Henry Ford Hospital Sialia (Ship) United States Navy--Boats Sialia II (Ship) Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) Valley Farm, Inc. Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) Neutral Conference for Continuous Meditation (1916) Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926 Tennessee River Improvement Association
Subjects African American automobile industry workers African American soldiers Anti-Jewish propaganda Anti-Semitism Automobile dealers Automobile industry and trade Buildings--Michigan--Dearborn Ford automobile Five dollar day Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn Eagle boats Ford tractors Jews Profit-sharing Peace Ship Shipbuilding Shipyards Tractor industry Trials (Libel) Tractors World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American Buildings--Florida--Fort Myers Aircraft industry--Michigan Airports--Michigan Air mail service--United States Business and politics
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Subjects continued Economic development projects Hydroelectric power plants--Alabama--Muscle Shoals Nitrates Presidential candidates Water resources development--Tennessee River Valley
Geographic Dearborn (Mich.) Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) Muscle Shoals (Ala.)
Genre or Form Blueprints (reprographic copies) Ciphers Clippings Contracts Financial records Maps Photographs
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CONTAINER LIST Box no. Description
RECORDS MOVED TO ENGINEERING LABORATORY IN 1919 Box 1 Subject and Name File (wooden cabinet), 1912-1927 Stamp and mail records, 1917-1927 Alphabetical catalog of file folder headings
Box 2 Accident reports - (closed) Adrian State Savings Bank Allison, W. H. American Game Protective and Propagation Association Anderson, G. S. Applications Archdeacon, Earnest Argus Press Clipping Bureau Asheville, North Carolina Athletic Park, Ford Atlanta Au Sable Trout and Game Club
Box 3 Authorized articles Bankers Club of Detroit Bank of Detroit Banks (deposits, 1917) Bank Statements Bingham, Dewey Birmingham Blast Furnace Bloomfield Hills Country Club Board of Commerce, Detroit
Box 4 Bond Circulars Books Bornman, John, and son Boston Brady, George Bryant, E. R. Bryant Land Company Buck, Glen, 1913-1914
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Buffalo Buenos Aires Cambridge, Massachusetts Canadian Victory Loan Chandler, Irving Charlotte Chicago Chicago Tribune trial Clippings
Box 5 Correspondence
Box 6 Legal records Cigarette Booklets, 1914-1921 Cincinnati Clark, Hugh Cleveland Columbus Commercial Bank of Iron Mountain, 1915-1920 Committee on Industrial Relations
Box 7 Communications - code Departmental communications 1918-1922 1922-1928 Concrete Houses, Ships Conoff, Christ Continental and Commercial National Bank
Box 8 Cork and Black Rock Railway Corn Exchange Bank, 1917-1920 Corn Exchange National Bank Coulton, A. E. Council of National Defense Country Club, Grosse Pointe Farms Dahlinger, Ray Dallas Daniels, Josephns Dearborn Independent
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Box 9 Dearborn State Bank Denver Des Moines Detroit Branch, 1915-1919 Detroit Association of Credit Men Detroit Athletic Club Detroit Automobile Club
Box 10 Detroit Boat Club Detroit Clipping Bureau Detroit Club Detroit Golf Club Detroit Patriotic Fund Detroit Savings Bank Detroit Times Company Detroit Trust Company
Box 11 Detroit Zoological Society Dime Savings Bank District National Bank Duluth Edison, Thomas A. Edison, Thomas A. Jr. Edison machine Electric car account Enricht, Louis Erie Canal Eatey Organ Company Exemption, draft
Box 12 Farge Federal Trade Information Service Fellowcraft Club First and Old Detroit National Bank First State Bank of Detroit Flint, Dutee W. Ford Family Ford Hawaiian Band Ford, Henry (personal)
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Box 13 Ford (Henry R.) well Ford log house Ford Motor Company financial statements, 1916 Ford Motor Company of Canada Ford, William D. Fort Myers, Florida Garnishee summons Gottlieb, Julius, (Peace Palace model) Grand Rapids Savings Bank
Box 14 Gray and Davis (Old Colony Trust Company) Grayling Fish Hatchery Club Green Island Gregory, F.T., 1917-1918 Gregory, Theodore (car insurance in Greece) Gregory, William T., 1918-1919 Henderson, Alice Mo Henry Ford and Son, January - March, 1918
Box 15 April - June, 1918 June - December, 1918 Henry Ford Hospital Henry Ford Trade School, 1917-1918
Box 16 Highland Park State Bank, 1917-1918 Highland Park State Bank of Detroit Houston, Texas Hubbard, Elbert Hyams, Walter, and Company, (re: Peace Ship clippings)
Box 17 Indianapolis, Indiana Ireland Bank Statements Jacksonville, Florida Johnson and Higgins, Insurance Jones, Ellis O. (re: Rose Wilder Lane) Kansas City Kirby, Frank E. Labor
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Lake and Company (re: Peace Ship) Lee, John R. Legal Opinions
Box 18 Liability Insurance Cancelled policies Liberty Motor Liberty National Bank License forms, automobile
Box 19 Liebold, E. G. (sent to Dearborn) Lindsay patents Lochner, Louis P. Lombard Governor Company Los Angeles Lucking, Helfman, Lucking and Hanlon - legal March 1914 - August 1916 September 1916 - December 1917 January 1918 - March 1919
Box 20 Malcomson and Higginbothom (Henry Ford Hospital) Manchester (Sir Perry)
Box 21 Marion Island Marshall, Edward (New York Times) McKeewer, William (Cigarette booklet controversy) Medical reports and investigation Meeting announcements Memphis Merchants Bank of Canada Merchants National Bank (Detroit) Metric system
Box 22 Mexico Employment and Training Employment and Training (M. Stuart Levussove) Michigan Hospital School Milwaukee Minneapolis
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Miscellaneous
Box 23 Nashville National Bank of Commerce (Detroit) National Bank of Commerce of Providence, R.I. National City Bank of New York
Box 24 National City Company, New York National Exchange Bank National Park Bank of New York National Shawmut Bank of Boston, 1918-1919
Box 25 Naval Consulting Board Navy League New York, 1918 (Gaston Plantiff) New York (general) Newark Noiseless typewriter Oklahoma City Old Club Omaha
Box 26 Paris Passes Passports - Henry Ford and Son Paszorthy, Baron Aspad de Patent papers sent to Henry Ford, 1919 Peace Ship Pearl, Charles Pease, W. H. Pecans, 1923 Peninsular State Bank Peoria Peoria epidemic investigation report
Box 27 Peoples State Bank of Detroit Pheasants and game fowl Philadelphia Photographs
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Hospital Early tractor First car Power development Turbine for "Eagles" Pietro, C. S. (Burroughs statue)
Box 28 Pittsburgh Portland, Oregon President Private banks and loan agencies Pumps Raymond, S.W. Replogle, Mark A. (see also Lombard Governor Company) Reports Safety standings Attendance Sociological Housing H.O.F. account Laboratory Richmond River Rouge Subdivision Roosevelt, Theodore St. Louis, Missouri San Antonio, Texas San Antonio Copper Company, 1912
Box 29 San Francisco Seattle Security Trust Company of Detroit Senatorial investigation Septic tanks Shevlin, V.L. Shipping Board (U.S.) Shipbuilding applications Shipyard investigation by Ford Motor Company Shuey, Captain M.A.
Box 30 Sialia January - May, 1917
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June 1917 - January 1919 Atlantic Communication Company Captain S.J. Prosser file
Box 31 Sialia (personnel, payroll, expenses) Sialia II (purchase and insurance) Sialia file sent to Dearborn, April 16, 1920 Simms, Lacy (re: artificial arms) Sing Sing Prison Slusarsky Case (Corporation Service Bureau) Smallpox Special (Rolls-Mulleavy case)
Box 32 Spokane Springwells State Bank Standard Regulator Company Stationery samples and orders Sterling Bronze Company Stevens, E. Webster Syracuse
Box 33 Tanks Telephone service Trade letters and market reports Traverse City State Bank Turner, Angus Union Trust Company U.S. Naval Training Camp at Eagle Plant Utica Van Leuven Browne Hospital School Van Nostrand Company Van Tine Company Van Tuyl, F. F.
Box 34 Velvet Vitagraph Case Von Hoist and Fyfe (settlement of law suit agreement) Washington, D. C. Waterways Wayne County and Home Savings Bank
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Westminster Bank of Providence, R. I. Wheeling Mold and Foundry Company Willeke, Leonard Wood, Earl (real name: Sail Dangotte - theft case) Worcester, Massachusetts
Box 35 X-Ray Yellin-Jack (see Edsel Ford File) Y.M.C.A. investigation, 1918 Y.M.C.A. (report of work in United States cantonments) Yonkers, New York Youngstown, Ohio Young, D. W.
Box 36 Catalog cards Stumping reports Time Cards
Box 37 Subject and Name File subseries, 1911-1918 Accident reports, 1915 Advertising, political (Wilson campaign, 1916) Agricultural account Alabama American Chocolate Fund, investigation of. American Express Company American Game Protective and Propagation Association
Box 38 Athletic Park Audubon Society B - general, October - November, 1913 Baker and Company (tungsten tests) Banks, 1914-1916
Box 39 Banks, 1917 Bausch and Lomb (microscopes, 1915-1918) Belmont Hotel, 1917 Birds Legislation Protection
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Box 40 Bond offers, 1915-1916 Bryan, William Jennings Bryant, E. Roy (Henry Ford Farms) Bryant, H.H., 1915-1917 Bryant, Marvin Bryant (Land Company?)
Box 41 Burroughs, John (gift sets of his works by H.F.) Calvert Lithographing Company (Valley Farm checks) Cancer Charity cases Reports
Box 42 Cigarette booklets (account) Cigarettes Clay elevators (for Ford Motor Company) Copyright Coulton, A.E. (account) Crane Company Culver, Charles H.
Box 43 Dearborn Realty Company Dearborn State Bank (Liberty Loan) Dearborn Water Works (water consumption in Dearborn and in residence) Detroit Association of Credit Men Detroit Society of Automobile Engineers Detroit University School (voting proxy) Edison Portland Cement Company
Box 44 Edison Storage Battery Company (moved to the Thomas A. Edison collection, Accession 1930) 1914 1915 1916
Box 45 Electric car, development and inquiries Electric vehicles
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Encyclopedia Estey Organ Company Experimental Shop Feist, Leo ("I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier") Flint, Harvey Ford, Clara Bryant
Box 46 Ford, Edsel Ford, Henry (photographs, correspondence)
Box 47 Ford, Henry Fair Lane construction 1913-1915 January 1916 - January 1917 Reports Fort Myers property ("The Mangoes"), 1916 Monthly statements Public statements by and about
Box 48 Ford Hawaiian quintet
Box 49 Ford Motor Company Dealer list, 1913 Dividend notices Real Estate - Fred Gregory, 1917 Rouge Plant construction, 1918 Rouge Plant dock construction
Box 50 Ford Motor Company of Canada 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 Fordson - petition for incorporation
Box 51 Henry Ford and Son 1916
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January - June, 1917 July - December, 1917
Box 52 Henry Ford Hospital Medical reports and investigations Smallpox vaccination reports Reports, April - December, 1918
Box 53 Highland Park, Village of Highland Park State Bank 1914-1916 Statements Hodge, C. F. - essay on war, 1915 Huck, Otto - Gun Club grounds lease Industrial alcohol Ingleside dub, 1917 Invoices Jackson, Michigan - State Fair automobile pageant Kailimi, Henry Lawnmowers Legal claims Legislation Liquor
Box 54 Long Island City, New York 1914 1915 January - June, 1916 July - December, 1916
Box 55 January - June, 1917 July - December, 1917 Long Island - Edison file, 1917
Box 56 Magneto Manchester, England, 1914-1915 Mayo, W. B., 1914 Mead, Dr. J. E. Mexico (financial plan)
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Michigan Central R. R. (re: wine shipment) Miller brothers (Washington, D. C. dealers) Miscellaneous
Box 57 Mines, minerals, ores National Bank of Commerce, Detroit
Box 58 Naval patrol boats (2 folders) Cleveland Dock Engineering Company Construction Suppliers, materials, purchasing Contract (subcontractors) Office stationery Personal acquaintances - Charles Martini President's offer (re: Wilson's mediation offer) Presidential preference primary ballot proof, 1916 Profit sharing plan, 1914-1915
Box 59 Reports Foreign survey by Sorensen, 1913-1914 Hospital installations investigations Humidity and heat treatment Investigations, welfare and others Mail, 1915-1917 Miscellaneous Medical, legal, personnel Political Production and output Safety
Box 60 Sorensen - foreign companies and branches Sargent, E. H. and Company - laboratory apparatus School Savings Banks Systems Senate September, 1918
Box 61 September, 1918 October, 1918
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Box 62 November, 1918 December, 1918 Campaign
Box 63 Election investigation - county reports Investigation operative's reports Investigation resolution Report of private investigation of Senate election
Box 64 Shipbuilding sites, 1918 A-B, 1918 Brunswick, Georgia Cameron, Louisiana Charleston, South Carolina Dauphin Island, Alabama F G-H I-L
Box 65 M , 1918 Mobile, Alabama N O
Box 66 P, 1918 R S Savannah, Georgia T
Box 67 Tampa, Florida, 1918 W Wilmington, North Carolina
Box 68 Shipyard investigation - Pacific coast Shipyard investigation expense Steam Governors
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Stratton, W.B. - Juvenile Court plans Sugar cane Taft, William Howard - gift car Thompson, EOW. Tractor Trade acceptance Tuma, A.
Box 69 Valley Farm 1911-1912 1913 1914 1915
Box 70 1916 1917 Corporate papers and reports Waltham Watch Company War letters, 1917 War reports, September - October, 1914. War savings
Box 71 War Trade Board - releases governing restrictions and regulations War work - Liberty engines Water Power Sites General A-D (including Canada, Washington, D.C.) E-H
Box 72 I-M Michigan New York
Box 73 N-R S-V W-Z Cuyahoga River Power Company
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Box 74 W January - March, 1918 April - June, 1918
Box 75 July - September, 1918 October - December, 1918 XYZ, 1918
Box 76 Subject and Name File, 1919 A January - March April - June July - December
Box 77 Abyssinian Mission - reception at Ford Motor Company Adrian, Michigan Alcohol, industrial, 1916-1919 Almanacs American Committee for Devastated France Anderson, G.S. Anderson, Sarah Bushnell
Box 78 B February March - April May - June
Box 79 Banks of Detroit Banks Barge Construction Hotel Belmont Birds Boats Bonville, Frank Brisbane, Arthur Bryant, William (pay claim)
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Box 80 C (general) Cambridge, Massachusetts branch Camping trip, 1918 Chicago, Illinois branch Chicago Daily Journal Cigarettes Communications - office Commercial Bank of Iron Mountain Contracts - blank Couzens, James
Box 81 D Daniels, Josephus, 1916 Dearborn (Sewer bond issue), 1918 Dearborn Publishing Company Daily reports Subscription reports
Box 82 Dearborn Realty and Construction Company Building Committee Meetings Record Home Applications Dearborn State Bank - stock Dearborn Water Works
Box 83 Delavigne, Theodore Democratic National Committee - advertising by Henry Ford Denver branch Detroit Detroit, Michigan branch Detroit Board of Water commissioners Detroit Saturday Night Detroit Trust Company Detroit United Railway Dime Savings Bank District National Bank of Washington, D.C. Dix Avenue bridge - complaints, 1917
Box 84 E Edison, Thomas A.
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Camping trip Financial Edison, Thomas A. Jr. Employees' store English, Ivan G. - Escanaba Daily Mirror Erity Mill
Box 85 F Factory sites A-D E-J K-N
Box 86 Q-Z Filtration plant Fire trucks and apparatus Firestone, Harvey S. First and Old Detroit National Bank
Box 87 Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, Henry Cost of Experiments on Tractor 1919 International High Commission - membership Presidential candidacy advocated Profit sharing plan statements Senatorial election expenditures Tractor patent War profits refund Ford, Mrs. Henry
Box 88 Henry Ford Estate Fort Myers residence Log cabin Residence 1914-1918 1919 Furnishings Grounds and landscaping Power and heating, 1914-1916
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Refrigeration Service houses - construction, 1919 Sewage disposal system Van Tine account
Box 89 Ford Athletic Park Ford grain elevator, 1917-1919 Ford Motor Company Branch operations, foreign Dealers - William H. Hughson (San Francisco) Finance (stock) Investment certificates New car development Personnel Rouge Plant Docks and blast furnace construction Power house Sales and service Shipbuilding plant Sociological Department and Service Department
Box 90 Ford Motor Company of Canada Ford Motor Company of England, Ltd. Fordson State Bank - incorporation Fordson Village - Dearborn, Michigan Franklin, Rabbi Leon
Box 91 G Gauley, Mrs. Marjory M. - charity case Grand Rapids Savings Bank Green Island, New York - plant January - June July - December 1920 Gregory, William T,
Box 92 H Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Company Construction
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Box 93 Construction and weekly reports Finance and corporate structure Land facilities and water rights Plans and specifications
Box 94 Harrison Farms - E.C. Bruce cancelled checks E.C. Bruce Agent 919 Stumping reports Potato sales to employees
Box 95 Henry Ford and Son Bonus Plan Dealers Income and excess profits tax return Lease Shipping lines - plans Tractor commendations Tractor financing Tractor insurance Henry Ford and Son, Ltd., of Cork, Ireland
Box 96 Henry Ford Farms Henry Ford Hospital January - June, 1920 June - December, 1920
Box 97 Communications
Box 98 Engineer's inventory Finance Personnel Reports Return of by U. S. Government
Box 99 Highland, Michigan
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Highland Park State Bank Huff, Edward S. International High Commission - William G. McAdoo, 1917-1919 I Insurance Inventions Investigators' Reports - senatorial campaign and Tribune suit Italian journalistic mission
Box 100 J Articles, 1920-1921 Comment against, 1920-1921 Comment for, 1920 Dealer's comments, 1920 Typescripts
Box 101 K Kansas City, Missouri branch L League of Nations - promotion Legal - Burgess case Liberty Engines
Box 102 Liberty Loan First Second Third Liberty Starter Company Los Angeles, California branch
Box 103 M McElroy, Crockett Marion Island, Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan Merchants Bank of Canada, Ford, Ontario
Box 104 Mt. Clemens, Michigan Water power site News bureau
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Box 105 N Nankin, Mill National City Bank, New York City National City Company, Detroit, Michigan National Marine League of the U.S. National Park Bank of New York National Research Council - donation National War Labor Board
Box 106 Naval patrol boats - "Eagle" boats - trial runs Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation New York branch Northville, Michigan - power development and plant
Box 107 O Oughtrington Hall - Ford's home for Belgian refugees P Paszorthy, Baron Arpad de Patents - Welch Patent Infringement - claimed Pearl, Charles, 1918 Peninsular State Bank of Highland Park, Michigan Perry, Sir Percival Phoenix Mill and Dam construction Plantiff, Gaston Potash
Box 108 R Radio licensing Raymond, S.W. - auto sales Real Estate Charts and maps Detroit property, 1917-1919 Listing of properties held by Henry Ford, 1919
Box 109 Reports, miscellaneous Russia S
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Box 110 Senatorial election investigation Senatorial investigation Robert D. Ramsey Wayne County
Box 111 Shuey, Captain M.A. (South Bend, Indiana) "Sialia" Special Special investigations Street railway and gasoline engine streetcar development T Tecumseh, Michigan
Box 112 Timber land options Traverse City State Bank Tribune Case - Mt. Clemens, Michigan, 1919 - Sir James Grant correspondence Turner, Angus - welfare case, 1917-1919
Box 113 U United States Government V Victory Loan Canadian W
Box 114 Washington, D.C. branch Water power - village industries Waterways Wayne County Equal Suffrage Association - donation Willeke, Leonard, Architect (re: model of Fordson Village)
NON-AUTOMOTIVE INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES RECORDS Box 115 Muscle Shoals records 1921 General (6 folders) House of Representatives - Henry Ford’s proposal - Senate EGL correspondence
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Newspaper clippings
Box 116 1923 General J. W. Worthington (re: Columbus Chamber of Commerce) J. W. Worthington (2 folders) 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929
Box 117 1922 General J. W. Worthington
Box 118 Applications House of Representative - Ford’s offer Albert Sidney Gregg Senatorial replies J. W. Worthington Hearings before Committee on Agriculture and Forestry May 8-12, 1924
Box 119 and 120 Ford for President records Correspondence, 1923
Box 121 - 122 Correspondence, 1916
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